Introduction

Greetings fellow metal heads! In 1978 the first band I was a part of
had Mark Briody, John Tetley and Rick Hillyard in it.
It then became Jag Panzer. I first desired to become a metal man when
I heard Ronnie James Dio on HEAVEN AND HELL. I had been singing in
choirs and solo since 1978 and had won several awards for classical
solo performance. I heard Dio and flipped. How can a person evoke so
much power and emotion with such a fragile organ-instrument?
Then the voice of Bruce Dickinson on NUMBER OF THE BEAST
set precedence. And later Geoff Tate raised the bar even higher
on MIND CRIME.

Influence

Ronnie James Dio (power), Bruce Dickinson (range), Geoff Tate (emotion),
Ian Gillian, and Steve Perry.

Equipment

Sennheiser microphones (wired and wireless) and Alesis nano stuff.